VARIOUS DYES COTTON SUGAR-CANE. 10J 



year.* Koosm sown in October and November, 

 flowers in January and February; it is very abun- 

 dant. Huldee, (turmeric) Yams, &c. in abundance. 



10th. No alternation of cropping in the Nur- 

 budda valley. I have endeavoured to introduce it, 

 but with no effect. 



llth and 12th. There are only three or four vil- 

 lages in which Indigo is grown, and that in very 

 little quantity ; it appears not to be understood. 

 Cotton is grown largely, and is very fine in 

 poorish lands, light soil. Sugar-cane a great deal ; 

 there are several kinds, black, red, green, white and 

 variegated. The black, red, and variegated are large 

 and long; the green and white are thin and short. 

 But Captain Sleeman, some years since, supplied 

 me with some of the cane that he introduced, which 

 grows beautifully, and is gradually supplanting the 

 other kinds. The Goor made from this Otaheitian 



* Aal or Haul (Moriiula citrifoliu) and Koosm, (Carthamus tiuctorius) 

 arc two dye plants. The former is cultivated extensively through 

 Southern Bundlekund and the Ncrbudda, and is the root whence the 

 red colouring matter for dyeing the common country cloths of Central 

 India is obtained. For particulars of the mode of culture, the manufac- 

 ture of this dye, and the expcncc, see Spry's Modern India, vol. i. 

 Appendix. The (lowers of the Koosm furnish a bright rose-colour of an 

 evanescent quality. II. II. S. 



